Lagos shuts illegal plank market in Oko-Baba

Lagos State government has ordered the immediate closure of an illegal plank market in Oko-Baba Extension by Wright Street in Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state.

The government gave the order on Sunday in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Hon. Muslim Folami, saying the decision to shut down the market was based on the fact that it had become a security threat as well as a hideout for hoodlums who attacked innocent citizens and commuters in the area.

The commissioner said the state Government, under Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, was passionately and irrevocably committed to the safety of lives and property of residents in the State and would not allow any potential security threat to thrive.

Folami, therefore, urged traders in the affected market to comply with the directive, just as he warned that those who flout the order would face the wrath of the law.

Besides, he said the state government would not hesitate to also close down any of such illegal market in any part of the state in the overall interest of the people.